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aged. The whole tone of this pertV)rmance indicates a quick and com- 

 prehensive mind, and speaks that this is a man who will be felt in his 

 day. We take it for granted that he is right in all that he says — it is 

 obvious that he refers to great abuses of a valuable source of medical 

 knowledge — but however valuable clinics are, and valuable must be that 

 instruction which may be obtained at the bedside — let there be nothing 

 unfeeling or cruel, nothing indelicate or offensive, in our treatment of our 

 fellow men when they are the victims of disease. 



It is a gratification to us to observe that Dr. Patterson is conversant 

 with the German language. He cannot fail to derive from it the highest 

 aid in his scientific studies, for who — in science of every description — 

 have surpassed the men of the "Fatherland ?" 



May it not be hoped, that this rising institution will continue to pros- 

 per, that it will receive the patronage of the friends of Pennsylvania 

 College, and that it will contribute essentially to supply the United States 

 with able Medicince Docfores .' Without the gift of prophecy, we ven- 

 ture to predict, that it will go forward — that every year will add to the 

 number of its students, that it will make for itself a name, and that its 

 teachers will rank with the benefactors of our race. 



ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE. 



This Association holds its annual meeting on the evening preceding 

 the College Commencement. The last meeting was numerously attend- 

 ed, represontalives being present from nearly all the graduating classes. 

 Rev. Theophilus vStork, of Philadelphia, presided, and Prof. Stoever act- 

 ed as secretary. The Association being organized, the death of Rev. 

 W. A. Wadsworth, was announced by A.R.Stevenson, Esq., and the fol- 

 lowing resolutions unanimously adopted : 



1. '"'•Resolved, That we sincerely lament the loss which the Associa- 

 tion has sustained in the death of brother VVadsworth, whose moral worth 

 and personal qualities will long be held in afi'ectionate remembrance." 



2. '"'■ Resolved, That vve deeply sympathize with the relatives of the 

 deceased, in their bereavement, but unite with them in gratitude to our 

 Heavenly Parent, for sustaining him in the trying hour, by the all-pow- 

 erful consolations of an unshaken faith, and affording him a peaceful and 

 triumphant death." Rev, Jno. Heck, Prof. Ilay, and Rev. N. H. Cornell 

 were appointed a conmiittee to communicate tlie foregoing resolutions to 

 the family of our deceased friend. 



Jn behalf of the committee appointed at a previous meeting, to pro- 

 pose a plan by which pecuniary aid might be atiordcd to our Alma Mater, 



